Giraffe Tools Hose Reel 1/2‘’ 78 ft, Heavy Duty Retractable Garden Hose Reel with Any Length Lock, Slow Return System, Wall Mounted and 180 Deg Swivel Bracket

I’m loving this 130 ft unit. The length meets my needs. So far functionality is excellent and works as expected for the areas I needed this for. It retracts and swivels with ease. Feels very sturdy and locks in place nicely when you’re done with the hose. I did have to hire a handyman to attached to the masonry of my home and it looks pretty impressive.

This is hands down a must have!! Easy to install & easy to use! There are no excuses why your flowers are not being watered! Once this product is installed you are able to unreel the hose and lock the hose in place. To retract the hose you can pull the hose out a foot and the reel will do the work of wrapping the hose up. I usually help guide the hose back. The reel can swivel 180 degrees. Making it easy to go in which ever direction you need.

Overall, I like it.Mounting on a 4X4 was fine but you're going to have to angle the included lag screws in a bit--the bracket's made more for mounting on a 6X6 OR mounting to an existing wall. That being said, the 4X4 worked just fine and is plenty sturdy. Took me about 5 minute total to mount it.I wanted a longer one, but opted for the 100' because of the metal bracket. Once I got my hands on the bracket I realized plastic would have been okay since the "metal" bracket is either cheap pot metal or, possibly, aluminum. Works fine but doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in how long it'll last.Make sure you've got some teflon tape on hand for the connections--despite being brass, they're not at all tight but with a four or five wraps of teflon tape, they seal up nicely.The unwind/rewind mechanism take just a few minutes to get used to. Getting the hose to lock into place when you pull it out is sort of hit and miss, but you get the hang of it quickly. REwinding, on the other hand, is a breeze and WAY better than having to crank a hose reel. I let it re-wind through my hand so there's no grass getting into the mechanism.My only complaint is the nozzle which is complete junk. I swapped it out for a Craftsman nozzle and it works very well.

Love this item. I previously purchased the 1/2" x 100' last year and it has worked flawlessly. So I purchased this 1/2" x 78' model for my back yard. Same great quality and easy of installation. I will say that the nozzle that's included isn't of the highest quality. My first started leaking badly within the year! The only other thing is the bracket. For this price, they could make it of metal and not that plastic. Overall, it's a must have!

2 year review: Very durable. Swivel feature is super helpful for making sure the cord doesn't kink as you're pulling. Straightforward mounting into my brick wall with a drill. Very easy to put away. Super smooth retracting. High quality hose. Gone are the days of tangled kinked chaotic hoses that require 2 people to put it away nicely.All in all I can't see myself ever going back to the classic crank to retract system. Night and day so much easier.In terms of leakage, no problems until this year when the nozzle (which is awesome) must have got hit by the cold in the garage. But I reached out to customer support and Grace sent me a new one immediately.Buy this thing.

Excellent solution for garage based outdoor spigots. The 100 ft of hose is ideal for watering new plantings or washing the car. I’d recommend installing at least one side into a wall stud and the other using the enclosed anchor bolts. Installation is firm and very sturdy. I’m very happy with my results that I also installed an identical one in my daughters garage.

So I actually bought this hose 3 years ago and it has sat in our garage unused until a few weeks ago. 😅 I was so excited to finally install it and I’m a bit disappointed. Everything leaks, bad. The connection to the spigot and the sprayer both leak so much water that I have to make sure I’m not wearing good clothes or shoes because it’s guaranteed I will get soaked. I’ve tried loosening and tightening and nothing works. If I would have actually installed it when I bought it 3 years ago, I would have returned it because it’s a lot to spend on a leaky hose. I will say that the mechanisms work well so far and it’s been a lot more convenient than a regular hose.

An internal plastic part broke.I'm going to revise this review. The company contacted me through Amazon and offered to refund my purchase, which gives the customer service 5 stars. I'm changing my review of the product from 1 star to 4 stars. In reading the reviews, I'm seeing a lot of breakage of the two internal plastic parts. This could be due to leaving it out for the winter. I took mine into the basement, so freezing wasn't the problem; however, the one "T" piece broke. The internal parts need to be brass. It would help a lot. Otherwise, it works pretty well. We used it for an entire season last year.